effigy

effigy
[ˈɛfɪdʒi]
(pl. -ies)
  1. a sculpture or model of a person
    (某人的)雕像,模拟像
    a tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
    阿基坦的埃莱诺的墓碑雕像。
    ■a roughly made model of a particular person that is made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger
    某人的模拟像(用来毁掉以示抗议或憎恨)
    the minister was burned in effigy.
    部长的模拟像被烧毁。
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  1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin effigies, from effingere 'to fashion (artistically'), from ex- 'out' + fingere 'to shape'
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